EA Sports sends news that NASCAR SimRacing has taken the green flag, and is now
gold:

Hi – we just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that NASCAR
SimRacing, under the EA SPORTS brand, has gone gold! NASCAR SimRacing was
developed expressly for PC simulation fans and will ship to retail outlets
nationwide on Tuesday, February 15th.

NASCAR SimRacing was developed over an 18 month period by an internal PC
development team at EA Tiburon. The game features the first ever NASCAR Career
Mode where drivers will progress thru the Craftsman Truck Series, Busch Series,
and NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series.

While progressing through the game, players will have in depth telemetry data
that will allow sim enthusiasts to find the ultimate car set up for the 25
authentic NASCAR tracks available in the game. Pre-designed setups are available
for less experienced drivers.

Online racing features a full field of 43 real drivers, the largest field in any
racing game. Talk it up with your competition with Voice Over IP (microphone and
broadband connection required).

btw, this title will support full 6DOF view control for TrackIRs with Vector Expansion. We haven't been able to mention this everywhere we'd like, due to the craziness of the "NASCAR" logo licensing/usage. but. it's in.exciting.FOR ME.

While I don't really get racing sims, they do seem somewhat on the rise this year. hmmf. anywho. blah blah.

here's to hoping more FPS games start supporting unprecendented new input devices!

The driving part of the demo was good but I had a problem with the AI - way too inconsistent. Powering past in the straights like they had an extra 100 hp and then sometimes slamming on their brakes going into corners making it impossible to avoid a rear end collision.

-------------------------------------------------------"That's inside-out boy. His mouth is in his belly, so he's gotta slap at his vocal chords with his bladder in order to make words."

i did alot of n2003, super great, and not all circles either. road courses were ace. thing is i became too addicted to it, so once my steering wheel broke i took the decision to leave it broken (and also after thrustmaster took 6 months to send me a replacement spring. not just any spring, no, but the wrong spring too)..

I've been using Nascar 2003 from Sierra since it came out and am getting tired of it. Was looking on the EA sports site yesterday and didn't see any mention of a PC version.About time EA supports a full field for online racing, thats what kept me away from them in the past.

I just don't think this kind of stuff really belongs on Blue's, that's all. Kind of like the MMO stuff. Guess I'm just too Oldschool Blue. I want to hear about hardware and FPS'es here, not freakin' NASCAR and some upstart MMO that makes the poop-squirts with corn look good with it's shoddy graphics engine.